The Next Achaea Class

Heya! I just was thinking recently, wondering if within the next year we would see a new class emerge in Achaea. Blademaster, then Alchemist were the last two.. What would you like to see next? What skills would they have, and what would each skill do?

If there was to be a next class, it'd probably be the anti-Jester, to give Jesters a factional enemy.

I'm thinking Mimes. They pretend they're in a box, and suddenly they ARE in a box. *jazz hands*

Factional enemy should be Bureaucrat. They would be a nasty opponent in group combat--- could do a combination of Cata and Pit where you are cut off from your party and must run an endless and endlessly shifting maze of paperwork and permissions until you drop dead.

________________________The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."

If there was to be a next class, it'd probably be the anti-Jester, to give Jesters a factional enemy.

I'm thinking Mimes. They pretend they're in a box, and suddenly they ARE in a box. *jazz hands*

Factional enemy should be Bureaucrat. They would be a nasty opponent in group combat--- could do a combination of Cata and Pit where you are cut off from your party and must run an endless and endlessly shifting maze of paperwork and permissions until you drop dead.

The Class I thought about was actually Courtier. A very low efficiency in combat and bashing, compensated with bonuses with social things (for exemple, free letters in post offices).

If there was to be a next class, it'd probably be the anti-Jester, to give Jesters a factional enemy.

I'm thinking Mimes. They pretend they're in a box, and suddenly they ARE in a box. *jazz hands*

Factional enemy should be Bureaucrat. They would be a nasty opponent in group combat--- could do a combination of Cata and Pit where you are cut off from your party and must run an endless and endlessly shifting maze of paperwork and permissions until you drop dead.

We have bureaucrats.....and they corrupt every city! Go get em jesters! Also we need more mimes I want to see that fun rope trick!

They can choose from a parrot, monkey, or mongoose for a loyal. They are duel-wielders, and can switch between any combination of cutlass, dagger, club, and net. (Their loyal will collect thrown daggers for them!) Their fighting style has both flamboyant and underhanded elements, with some risk/reward mechanics, although nothing as stupid as AXK. They can distill their own spirits, and they fight better when drunk. They can call down the power of the same constellations by which they navigate. They may also draw their own treasure maps, which are magical of course.

There is conceivably a counterpart class for the cities on the other side of the renegade/paragon coin. But last time I started pushing ideas around for a sailor or sea shepherd class, that uses lanterns to guide lost souls, and they can change the colour of their lantern's flame for different effects, I realised that there would be green lanterns, and suddenly that all seemed silly.

I was specifically avoiding tying them in with Seafaring, with the exception of a couple of minor abilities for flavour, like +1 move/second if you're on a vessel. I thought if they had too many mechanical advantages in Seafaring, eg. if their darts did more damage or they could sail faster, then that would mean every other class is no longer competitive at Seafaring. Which would be bad.

I think a ranger/hunter would be awesome, able to tame certain animals
for awesomeness(maybe certain ones have different skills?) or a raven companion similar to falcons for knight classes. A
dual blade and bow fighting style, I would guess something between a serpent/forestal since they will be attuned with nature. You could also scrap the dual blade idea and just go with the bow, extra skills and powerful attacks while using the bow as well as less of a drawback from getting hit while ranging.

They could trace others, smell certain types of monsters, a bit of increased damage versus animals as well as volley, which could be an AoE in a room that hits everyone similar to arc.